NM Debt Consolidation in New Mexico

Governor Richardson met today with dozens of New Mexicans during his office hours at the State Capitol.

Two Curry County residents are dead and another is hospitalized from an infection of 'invasive group A Streptococcus', according to a press release from the New Mexico Department of Health sent late Wednesday.

The New Mexico Rail Runner Express will begin regular Saturday service starting this week.

Sources close to former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Wednesday rumors that he will be named U.S. commerce secretary instead of secretary of agriculture are not true.

ELECT Barack Obama had his first serious stumble in what until now had been the seamless process of staffing his new administration, but New Mexico Gov.

President-elect Barack Obama's choice of former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the CIA has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans worried he is too inexperienced to take on the job.

The Twin Cities-rooted ReelzChannel will consolidate operations in the burgeoning "Hollywood Southwest." Last update: January 7, 2009 - 1:17 PM Gov.

More New Mexicans have been filing for unemployment benefits, and the state's system hasn't been able to handle the volume.

The New Mexico Department of Health is launching an awareness campaign this month to encourage women to ask their doctors about getting a pap smear and mammogram to screen for breast and cervical cancer.

Conventional wisdom last week decreed that President-elect Barack Obama had done such a fine job assembling his Cabinet that only one pick - Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder - would present a problem, but ...

A prominent businessman caught up in a grand jury probe whose political donations ended any role for New Mexico Gov.

A campaign donor who is the target of an federal investigation that forced New Mexico Gov.

Nobody said this was going to be easy. From his suite at the historic Hay-Adams Hotel, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is watching problems pile up as he prepares to take power in 15 days.

Mother Nature really had it out for some of New Mexico's chile farmers this season.

A combination of too much rain, wind, hail, insects and hungry animals made it tough for farmers _ especially in Luna County and the Las Uvas Valley in southern New Mexico _ to produce their fiery crop.

Now that the 2008 harvest has wrapped up, early results indicate the chile yield is down 20 to 30 percent, said Stephanie Walker, extension vegetable specialist and chile breeding program researcher at New Mexico State University.

There were conflicting reports tonight that Washington Governor Christine Gregoire might replace Bill Richardson as President-elect Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary.

Gov. Bill Richardson has hired a prominent criminal defense attorney to represent him in the investigation of allegations of pay-to-play in his administration, The Associated Press is reporting.

There's talk that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's withdrawal as Commerce secretary nominee could be an opening for Michigan Gov.

Starting at the beginning of January, the New Mexico Department of Health will call New Mexicans to survey them about their health behaviors for the Department's annual survey, Behavioral Risk Factor ...

RICHARDSON TODAY... AS HE ANNOUNCES HE'S ABANDONING THE NOMINATION AS BARACK OBAMA'S COMMERCE SECRETARY.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says he is withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation.